The former coach of French tennis player Fiona Ferro has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager, judicial sources confirmed on Wednesday.
Ferro, 25, has accused 50-year-old Pierre Bouteyre of rape and sexual assault between 2012 to 2015, her lawyer Isabelle Colombani told AFP.
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Bouteyre was Ferro’s private coach and accompanied her during tournaments which often took place abroad, her lawyer said.
Bouteyre has been charged with “rape of a minor by a person having authority over the victim” and “sexual assault of a minor over the age of 15 by a person having authority over the victim”, prosecutor Patrice Camberou told AFP.
Bouteyre, who was also the coach of French tennis player Alize…
